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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-06-15
OVERLAND by BALLOON,

The New York World has discovered
a young acr naut who expects to come
across the ,untry from st. Louis in a
balloon. Tho balloon is now on its way
West. 1t is to take up the acronaut, n
photographer, government meteorolo-
gist and reporter. June II has been
fixed Tor the ascension, If the atmO-
Sphere conditions are favorable. II they
are not, the trip may be delayed until
the meteorologist gives the word. llo
has made study of air currents and
thinks he can avoid the mistakes of the
past.
Four attempts have been made hereto
fore to make long air voyages. In 1859
Wise travelled 200 miles under exceed
ingly favorable conditions and the rate
of mile minute. The Graphic bal
loon went up in 1873 and was q failure.
a few years ago Professor King ascended
from Minneapolis in "The Great North
west" in the centre of high-pressure
area and the balloon tloated lazily over
the city. Later he went up from Chi
cago under conditions which sent him
off into the forests of Wisconsin. Since
then tho soienCe Of mcteorology has
made rapid strides, and the theory upon
which the balloon will be sent up is this
"If clouds are moving to the north of
lines drawn from Salt Lake City and
Quebec through st. Louis ard the lower
wind blows in the same direction; or if,
with clear sky, small balloons show the
same motions, then / would not leave
the earth. If either of these currents is
favoring, all we have to do is TO get into
it and sail on.
Professor II. Allen Hazen, the meteor
ologist, has evidently studied the situa
ton very carefully, and whom he leaves
the earth he will have the benefit OF all
the knowledge that the Signal Office can
afford him by it's weather maps. His
attompt will be watched with interest.
The aoronaut is counting on remaining
in the air two days. If he can do this
he will have accomplished what no one
in this country has been able to do. Ii
has been the experience here that bal
loon cannot remain up even twenty-four
consecutive hours, to say nothing OF
forty. eight. Expansion under the heat
Of the sun soon weakens balloon.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-06-15

demand for the use Of the slcdgc-ha
mer Tor tho safety of horses and car
rlages. The waste of all this, through
the wear and tear OF anDaals, vehicles
ana harpess, Is OF course immense. AS
1t is not easy to calculate it, it makes but
nttlc impression on the popular mind,
put 1T probably far surpasses the cost of
thorough repair or macadamiZation.
Until standard has been set up, IN
creased votes of money for road making
will in populous districts simply result
in the multiplication of the people who
live by "politics."
There is little doubt, too, that not
only was the light wagon, for which
America is now famous, produced by the
badness of our roads, but it now helps
to keep the roads bad by diminishing,
in the public eye, the Inconvenience of
them. The wagon in which AMERICANS
delight, and which no other nation has
yet been ablo to initiate, really gets over
bad roads almost rs easily as Il saddle or
pack horse. We have seen it Jump n
fence behind a runaway With a certain
grace and dexterity But bad roads tell
on it rapidly also, though not perhaps
as rapidly rs on heavier vehicles. 1t is
hardly an exaggeration to say that IL
light wagon would last one third longer
on an English or Swiss road than on
ours, and would be a far greater luxury
Nobody shows more appreciation of the
smooth, hard park roads than the trot-
ting men, although they prefer the dirt
road to "spoed" on; and they may be
said to be the only class Of the commu-
nifty to whose needs or wishes attention
in the matter of road-making has been
paid. The owners Of heavy vehicles
have been left to get along as best they
can, although they use roads for business
and not pleasure. In no department of
our material progress, in fact, is there
so much need of reform rs in our road
and above all IN our road re-
pairing, whether we look at the matter
from the health or the pleasure point of
view
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-06-15
Woman's Face.

"What furniture can give such finish TO
room, as q tender womans face" asks
George Elliott Not any, we are happy TO
answer provided the glow of health TEN
pers the tender expires ion The pale, anx
ious, bloodless face of consumptive, or
the evident sufferings of the dyspeptic, in
duce feeling of sorrow and grief on our
part and compel us to tell them of Dr.
Plerces Golden Medical Discovery" the
sovereign remedy for consumption and
other diseases of the respiratory system as
we'll as dyspepsia aud other digestive
troubles, Sold everywhere
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-06-15
Endurance OF Society People.

A prominent society lady of Washing
ton being asked by the Prince of Wales,
"Why is it you people here manifest SO
little fatigue from dancing, receptions,
etc.," replied, "Why, you see, we
Americans regain tho vitality wasted in
these designations by using DIR. Harter'a
Iron Tonic"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-06-15

THGRE is an old notion that fish is
good brain food, but an article by w. q
Atwater in the June number of the Cen
tury Magazine goes far to destroy what
faith there might have been in such no
tion. He declares that there is no proof
of any exceptional abundance of phos-
phorus in fish. ON the contrary, he
argues that an extended series of analyses
in his laboratory has shown that the pro
portion of phosphorus disclosed in the
flesh of ordinary animals used for food
is quito as great as that ascertained TO
oXist in the species of fish that are also
used for food. Mr.. Atwater says that
we arc race Of fat-eaters, and that the
difference, SO far as the nutritive quail
ties are concerned, between fish and or
dinary meat is in the different propor-
tions in which water and oily or fatty
matter are respectively found. The
flesh OF fish has water where meats have
fat. Ip order to promote soundneas and
growth Of brain, we must avoid exces
siye indulgence in fatty food, and strive
generally to Keep the other parts Of the
body in healthy condition.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-06-15
Tnn CROPS ~ THE STATE.



The crop is from two to three weeks
earlier, and stands better than last year.
| The crop is clean ard growing rapidly,
and is now ycrging TO limb and square,
and looks vigorous and healthy. 1t has
not been decreased in acreage-reported
at 9G per cent
1he condition is reported in upper
Carolina mt lO2 per cent; middle Caro-
! Ina lO2, and in lower Carolina 100. An
average Tor the State OF 10l per cent.
This is above the condition at the same
period in 1882, 1883, and in 1854, when
it was reported Mt SO, and in 1886 at S6
per ccut, showing that the crop is in Il
better condition than for period of
years.
CoRN.
| The growth OF corn Was somewhat re.
tarlod by the dry weather in April upd
carly May, but recent rains in nearly
/ every section OF the State has improved
Its condition very much. 1t is good on
sandy and bottom lands.
| Owing to the favorable spring and ab-
scncc from floods, the bottom lands have
been better prepared and planted earlier
! than usual.
Correspondents estimate the crop ON
bottoms ut 2S per cent, and on llplunJs
at Y per cent.
The condition Of the crop in upper
Carolina on bottoms 80, ON unlonds ,t
100; in middle Carolina on bottoms gN
on uplands gS: in lower Carolina 81 ,I
bottoms, on uplands %: MAKING nm
average for the State. on both hoffor,c
and uplands, 81 per cent, against So ppr
cent. compared TO the crop of Inst vror
WHEAT AND OATS.
Wheat and fall gpNvD poic ,ro,o ;ri,,,.,, !
by freezes, thc former little and tie
latter Very much; bUt where the oats
were too thin for stand they- were re-
sown il carry sryiwy,
Ihc correspondents report that the
crop Will yield much better than expected,
the recent rains having very much i'm
proved the condition. Of the crop. Har-
NcatiIa L&s commenced IN some lOcalitiCs.
Ihc condition OF Doth crops is re-
ported al "l per cent Tor wheat ana q!
per cent, Tor oats, against - per cent.
tor each las! scar.
iG%rinI|nl
Inc LmONu, III C-2uMCrcUl fertilizers
"olN III u" ",a'c i"F tho pest season, as
l" SHOWN ny lho hgohs .. thC Depart
( Hteht Is less 'nal III season OF 1850 anJ
4I"' NoftcSPo-"'hja reDor. That the
.3:,!l""i1l@ poLceAi1ac OF r"nlMe"cial Ter
uII%,ra ~ers usoI ms year: -Ammoniat-
cH' 10; Hciu PA"agaai" u; AmnlJ IL;
cileN'IS''H' ~ "',, il'@o %. il>r cent. put-
Ch"'s,, Wa d.',, ios cvmg. SONG, and
liil'' . per cent oi N@."!t Was used this
year - H"nPa'ed L" 1850.
"nSt.'.'h 81 AAiAGt.
l"S' Jotf IL Was eAi,A.@6-d 'htt 10 Pc
|.,is' II, i'''' nan" ""i,Hi''S Was lUith"aea
.''''n II. l'22' ".iH yiis JGat ~ per con.
OF > per cent. less than I'm l&SJ. THIS
increase Is d0e TO frcsho,s, which de-
stroycd the entire com crop on the bov-
toms, forcing iarL4ors to buy ut the be
ginning OF tAc season.
IiuJ our .Armers are cheerful, hopeful
and buoyaMt, and donot complain. And
Whcn 1t Is rccoIIectyd Tint less fertilizers
mas pvcn purchased, labor cheaper and
the crop c"ItiNatyd al loss cost up to thia
time than any crop Tor years, they have
some reasons Tor rejoicing Labor in
hGaEiy every locahty has hcon more
plentiful
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-06-15

Rule that works both ways The Golden
Rule.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-01-20
LITERARY LEAVES,

Miss NJ. G. McClelland's third novel, "a Self
Made Man. will appear, complete in LIPPIN-
Colts MAGAZINE for February. The hero Is a
Nirgnian of humble origin, who leaves his
native state in bOyhOod, makes large fortune
in the West, and returns in maturity To gain 4
somewhat doubtful fOOthOld among the local
aristOcracy. This central character is Il remark
ably strong study, and the contrasts between
Southern and Western modes OF thinking and
living are artistically managed.
The same number Will contain new story by
Mrs. A. H. Wister, entitled "Rothenburg Fe
lefty after the German of Paul Heyse, a satire
by Robert Grant, and a bit of personal gossip
"A Day with the President" giving much enter
tanning Information in regard To President Cleyc
land and his wife.
Another notable article in the February LIP
PINCoTr's will be Our Actors and their Pre-
ferences," by Charles l.. l.. Nlngatc, dramatic
editor OF the Boston journal. The author ha'
written letters TO the leading actors of sEnglant
and America,-Edwin Booth, Henry Irving
Wilson Barrett Lawrence Barrett, Modjeska
Clara Morris, Fanny Davenport, eto.,-inquirins
what are the parts they prefer to play and thu
lines they like the best. Their answers are pub
lished in the article, and are varied and inter
esting.
Mr.. John Burroughs "NIere Egotsm"-i
sketch of his own career and Il criticism of hi
works and literary methodS-Adds a furthe
attraction II. the February LIPPINCOTT's.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-01-20
CORRESPONDENCE.
Facts from Fargo.

25 degrees below zero Tuesday morn
ing.
IT. G. Peasley. Sr. has been seriously
Ill, uut is nov slowly improving.
Alex Lyons is now comfortably set
tied in his new home.
A. killgOre has taken up his abode
in his new residence on Fulton Street.
A series of meetings is being held in
the church by our pastor Rev. n. &.
Fuller.
Rev. Mr.. Crandall, of Brockway Cen
tire, preached to large and interested
congregation at the NJ. p. church Sum
day evening.
The Post Office is being generally
oyerhauled, after completed DR.. Coffy
will put a stock of drugs in that build
ing for the present.
Mr.. Geo. Diel, of Thornville. Ont, is
visiting his cousin Geo. Martin of this
place.
Mr.. Livingston, Of Listowell Ont.
was at this place looking up site for
his flax mill. A desirable location was
secured and it is thought that work
will commence Immediately. y petit
| tion is being circulated and $500 has
| been already subscribed.
Hall Bros. will give n grand enter
tainment and dance in j. Rand's Hall
Friday eve., Jan. Ii. Music by Fargo
string band. y good time guaranteed
SULLIVAN.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-01-20
AMERICAN ENTERPRISE.

No invention of the nineteenth cen
fury has worked greater revolution
in household economy or conferred
more of a benefit OH humanity than the
sewing machine.
The first productions were crude and
uncouth in the extreme, and it was re-
served for American skill and ingenu-
ity to bring forth machine of any
practical value.
In order TO appreciate the great adj
vancement which has taken place it is
only necessary to compare one of the
machines built during the infancy of
the invention with one Of the latest i'm
proved "Light-Running New Home"
All the really good points contained
in other machines have been utilized in
its construction. Many new improve
ments and devices have also been adj
ded, the result of which is machine as
nearly perfect as it is possible to make
one.
For simplicity, durability, ease of
management and capacity for work the
Light New Home" has no
rival, and the happy possessor of one
may rest assured that he or she has the
very best the world affords. See adver-
tisement on another page Of this
paper
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-01-20
PROHIBITION POINTS,

No policy man was ever a true re-
former; and if there is anything that
needs reforming it is the policy of
licensing saloons.
1t may seem like good policy with
the Republicans and Democrats to
license the saloons with all their at
tendant evils; but the Prohibitionists
believe that the principle is wrong,
and that the right principles should be
sustained without regard to policy.
The Michigan house went into the
committee Of whole to consider Joint
resolution submitting TO the electors of
the state an amendment to the con-
stitution prohibiting the manufacture,
gift and sale of spirituous and malt
liquors. said proposition to be submit
ted to the electors at the next spring
election, and decided to submit by a
vote of "a to q.
We should be willing to sacrifice our
many old prejudices when they stand
in the way of the demands of a suffer
ing humanity. Our willingness to give
up our claims on the black mans rights
twenty five years ago, cost us million
of lives and billion of treasure; and it
was not until we were compelled to
make the sacrifice of our prejudices
that we secured success. We may be
assured that in the present war for the
humiliation OF the rum traffic, we can
not have the stone rolled away from
the sepulcher and the resurrection of
the prohibition movement come forth,
until we, as conscientious voters, use
the ballot as the key to unlock the diff
fculties. The Liquor dealers and their
political adherents will exult in any
thing short of absolute prohibition, foI
what they want is legal protection; and
a license is TO them justification and
the sanction of the law, and it is this
license which gives them the lega
right to kill their victims with slow
poisons.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-01-20

They are practically lndestructible.
Age will not impair their beauty.
All letters are raised and cannot be
broken or Clipped Off.
The work is artistic.
The designs are far more elaborate
than can be produced in stone at
double the cost.
They will never rust or become
moss grown.
Thousands of purchasers corroborate
our statements.
There is but one grade-THE BEST.
These goods can be seen at the office
of the Gen'l Agt. for the Detroit
Bronze Co., located with w. r. Null
ford Il Son, Military-st., opposite
Opera House, Port Huron Mich.
L. II. KRAUsE, Gen. Agt.
Agents wanted. Mention this paper
when ordering.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-01-20
Excitement I'm Texas

Great excitement has been caused i'm
the vicinity of Paris, Texas, by the re-
markable recovery of Mr. j. +. Corley.
who was so helpless he could not turn
i'm bed, or raise his head; everybody
said he was dying of Consumption. x
trial bottle Of DR.. Kings New Dis
covery was sent him. Finding relief.
he bought a large bottle and box of
DIR. Kings New Life Pills; by the time
he had taken two boxes of Pills and
two bottles of the Discovery, he was
well and had gained in flesh thirty-six
pounds. Trial bottles of this great
Discovery for consumption free at G
A. Wells & Co.'S.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-01-20
At Home and Ahrnadi

At church and theatre, in the counting house
and work room, in fact everywhere is heard that
hacking cough which soon develops into conges-
ton or inflammation Of the lungs, bronchitis
pneumonia and consumption. BE wise in time.
Immediate relief and cure can be cheaply OBJ
tanned. HamiltOn's Cough Balsam will surely
give you relief from these throat and lung
troubles that often terminate in death. Instant
relief In Group, and q subduer of whooping cough
Your consumptiye friend will be greatly benefit
ted. Price Is ond 80 cents. Sold by &. A. Wells
A.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-01-20
Tne EhGanf

Is often diseased on account of Catarrh, pro-
ducing Dryness and u Constant desire to Cough.
That tickling sensation and the Hoarseness that
Is so common TO public singers and speakers
especially is relieved OF once by Hamilton's
Cough Troches which are prepared from the most
approved formula. DO not wait till acute brOn-
chitis or even consumption takes firm hold of
you. Price only IS cents per box. Sold by G. A.
Wells a Co.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-01-20

Itch, OF every kind cured in 80 min.
utes by Woolford's Sanitary Lotion
Use no other. This never fails. Sold
by Chas. y. Wells d Co., Druggists
Brockway Centre, Mich.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-01-20

Unless you Dry Goods Groceries, ware Crockery Boots
Shoes Hats line of merchandise
the public which cordially invite inspect and prices
before purchasing elsewhere We constantly receiving Goods
buy cash. will adopted
the price SYSTEM receiving liberal and increasing patronage
sell good goods cheap SAME
Is to the pound the gallon and SO inches the yard
Come and Weare always goods quote
We thankful past and dealing
tinuance of the
Very Respectfully,
EINL AYSON T. WARING
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-07-20
CITY Personals.

zen. Geo. l.. Beal was in the city yester.
day
Hon. s. c. Hatch of Bangor wss in the
city yesterday.
Miss Estelle Parke has been appointed
teacher of music in rhe Hallowell schools.
L. b. Hill, E.q of he the State Treasurer
omce,is INDUCING in much need d vac ton.
Mr. Manley retired to Small Point yester-
day. Mr.. +. L. Whitehouse ACCOMMODATING.
Thomas Lombard. Esq, recently drove to
the FONT and returned With his span
Mr.. A. L. Lyford of Kent. Hill CONNER
cal College, 81, has, through the Influence of
Prof Barton, obtained the position of p-inci-
pal of the Commercial Department in the
Seminary at Cayuga Lake, N Y.
Mr.. Baker snff ered considerable main Non.
day night in his eve injured at the fimous
base ball game. II was yearly clos. d up
Yesterday. Int he came down street 10 the
afternoon. We are pleased to learn tina.
there is DO danger of serious consequences
from the injury.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-07-20
Hannah c. Hanson.

Mrs. Hannah C. Hanson, whose death &C.
CURED last week, was a well known resident
of Portland for many years. She was born
in Ardover, Me, and was the daughter of
Captain James Bragg, pioneer in his town.
and a native of Andover, Mass. She re-
moved to Enrol, N. H., when nine years of
age. and subsequently to Portland. She was
united in marriage to L. ID. Hanson, who was
at the time of his ceath a prominent whole
salt dealer in boots. shoes and leather. Her
husband died in 1857, and since 1868 she has
made her home with her son, Rev. C. V.
Hanson, of Damariscotta. She was a woman
of marked energy and decision of character,
and led an active and useful life. She died
of paralysis after long illness. The funeral
took place on Sunday afternoon, and was
conducted by Rev A. X. =. Small, d, D., of
the First Baptist church, of which the de-
ceased was formerly member. She leaves
two sons. the one above named, and Geo. II
Hanson, who is in the shoe business in Lynn,
Mass.
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RICH MOND.

The funeral of the late Captain Franklin
lIandette will occur Wednesday, at 4 2. M.
Captain Handlette was one of our most res
pected and influential citizens. and his death
, is loss that will be felt throughout the
town.-Dr. NJ. +. Marble of Gardiner, was
in town Tuesdsy.-J. A. Proctor and family
have gone to Fort Popham for the seasol.-
Base ball ia commencing TO get boom.-W
A. Bibber is receiving many inquiries about
his DIR. Franklin colt. Whoever purchases
him will get dsisy.-Jim Wordsworth is
clerking at the S dney House, Capital lsla d
Mrs. W. 5. Hagar and family are at CAPT
tai Island for a few weeks.-George A. Beale
is in New York city on business.-Mlss Annie
Ridley leaves town Monday, for visit with
relatives in Michigan Miss Julia Richards
is visiting friends in Rockland The many
friends of Mr.. A. +. Purington, who lately
removed to Waterville, are sorry to learn
that he is dangerously Ill at that place
Capt G. ii. Theobold, w. Ii. Stuart, Capt.
Woodw orth, DR.. Howe, NJ. 5. Parks, c. w.
Richards, Miss Lyde Sturtevant, and Miss
Alice Alexandria spent Sunday at the stands
and Fort Popham will Melrose is clerking
for +. l.. Rogers, and Ben Spauldng has
taken his place with NJ. 5. Parke.-Dr. +. S.
Packard, who graduated this spring from the
Maine Medical school, has located at South
Gardiner. DR. Packard is a fine young man
the people OF that vicinity are much pleased
with him-ro the credit of those in charge
be it said that the new shoe factory, to date,
has been built within the estimated cost,
something unusual.-Mr. Gould of Lynn,
Mass, with a friend, is spending week in
town, having arrived in yacht Saturday,
The steam launch Gypsy goes into commits
sion at Fort Popham, Wednesday, for the
season. Miss Hattie Bailey is visiting in
Lynn.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-07-20
Heroes and Heroines.

There are few who endure bodily troubles without
complaint. Did you ever meet among the heroes or
heroines of your acquaintance--f such there have
been-oDe with yeliowish cast of countenance and
that jaundiced aspect generally, which the NEST un-
practiced eye recognizes as the product of a dis.
ordered liver, who did not complai and peevishly
too. of the soreness of the rtcalcitran. organ of
pains beneath the right shoulder blade of dyspeptic
symptoms, constipation and headache? of course
you never did. and OF the individual was not
using Hostetter's Stomach Btters or he would not
go have looked-so have complained. To purify the
blood when contaminated with bile, and conduct the
secretion into its proper channel. to reestablsh
regularity of the bowels, Danish bilious headache
and remove impediments to complete digestion,
nothing can approach in ecacy this peerless alter.
alive and tonic. Malarial complaints. always in.
voving the liver and kidney and bladder mac iyity
are remedied by 1t. 1t is capital appetizer.
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GARDINER.

O. B. Cla.on, Esq went to Old Orchard,
Saturday, 10 spend the Sabbath.
II. A. Fuller, of the firm Of Fuller & Son,
went to Boston, Saturday night on business
Fred Little Fl Id has been at Old Orchard
for the past week.
John F. Newall, Superintendent of the
spring and axle factory went to New York
Saturday, on business
Charles Web6 arrived on the boat SATURDAY
to spend few days vac ltion visiting his
parents.
IL. W. Jewett & Co. began piling logs
Monday morning
Lenwood B. Steward and Chas. r White
spent Saturday and Sunday at the White cot
tage, Squirrel Island.
The Gardiner base ball club go to Skowhe
gan next Saturday.